The Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa • 17

EAST IOWA The Gazette, Oct. 16, 2002 3B Harkin holds big on-hand cash margin Senator boasts $2 million, Ganske reports $428,764 By E. Michael Myers News correspondent WASHINGTON Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin marched into the final three weeks of his campaign for a fourth term with more than $2 million in cash Tuesday, ready to counter any advertising comeback bid by Republican challenger Greg Ganske. Ganske Harkin in ing the virtually matched raising money durlast quarter of the campaign, each collecting just more than $1 million.

Cash is. critical in the final stages of the campaign to pay for advertising to answer any charges and tum. Ganske's dramatically short ELECTION 2002 new political maintain momencampaign fell short in ready Harkin has maintained a lead over Ganske in all categories of the money chase throughout the campaign. cash compared to Harkin. Harkin, in a campaign finance document to be filed with the Federal Election Commission, said he had $2,012,589 in the bank; Ganske, a Des Moines plastic surgeon who is ending three terms in the House, said he had $428,764 in the bank.

Harkin has maintained a lead over Ganske in all categories of the money chase throughout the campaign. Harkin used his clout of three terms in the Senate and the chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee to raise a total of $7,667,387 for the election, including $1,191,913 in the last quarter. Ganske said he raised $1,041,632 for the quarter and $3,880,508 overall. Harkin spent $2.2 million in POLICE 859 83386 OFFICIAL CITY SCHOOL'S OPEN DRIVE CAREFULLY Gazette photo by Buzz Orr Iowa City Police Sgt. Brian Krei (left) talks with lowa City High School Principal Mark Hanson outside the school after a student brought a paint ball gun inside the school building Tuesday in lowa City.

I.C. student caught with paint ball gun responded immediately and ment without incident, police "We want to make sure we Carrying weapon saw a student matching the said. give students due process bein high school brings charges By Zack Kucharski The Gazette IOWA CITY A City High school student faces simple misdemeanor charges after he was seen entering City High School with a paint ball gun Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said there were no threats of violence. Rather, the youth appeared to have made an inadvertent mistake, they said.

A citizen outside the school noticed a student with the gun and camouflage pants and called police at 1:35 p.m. Police description leaving the building, said Iowa City Police Sgt. Brian Krei. Police charged Justin R. Knickrehm, 17, of 1941 Delwood with carrying an air pistol, a simple misdemeanor under city code.

The citation carries a maximum fine of $500 or 30 days imprisonment. Knickrehm was cited as a juvenile and released to his parents. Police say Knickrehm had left school, then returned to retrieve keys in a locker and inadvertently carried the gun with him in his waistband. Knickrehm was cooperative with officers and was transported to the Police Depart- Veterans Memorial work delayed in Cedar Rapids CEDAR RAPIDS Recent rain has pushed back work a The memorial's bit at the new Veterans Me- dedication is now morial outside the city's new minor league stadium, Gary planned for 10 a.m. Craig, the city's memorial Nov.

9. director, said Tuesday. Craig told the City Council that the dedication for the Installation of commemomemorial is now planned for rative bricks in the walkway 10 a.m. Nov. 9 instead of Oct.

week. will begin next 26. Craig said most of the Some 1,440 people paid $35 concrete work at the memo- each to have the name of a rial had been completed veteran placed on one of the Monday with the help of a bricks. Already, 200 more volunteer force of veterans bricks have been ordered for and union members. next year, Craig said.

CAMPAIGN ALMANAC Fry to headline GOP rally tonight CEDAR RAPIDS The Linn County Republican Party will hold a United We Stand: Victory Rally from 5 to 7 tonight at 120. Third Ave. SW, Cedar: Rapids. Former University of Iowa football coach Hayden Fry, who supported George W. Bush during his 2000 presidential campaign and is supporting Iowa Republican candidates during money in the quarter, he has More spent nearly $3.9 mil- coverage lion overall.

District 2nd Harkin funds, 4B reaped $1,012,424 in individual contributions during the quarter, and just over $6 million for the cycle. Ganske lagged in individual contributions with. $877,827 for the quarter and $3.2 million $5.8 total. Sen. Tom Harkin D-lowa the quarter, and million for Ganske spent Rep.

Greg Ganske R-lowa more than $5.8 the campaign. the bulk of his Contact the writer: (202) 224-0241 or his Urbana man's family suing Linn County Wheel came off dump truck, struck victim's car By Elizabeth Kutter The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS The family of a man who died following a freak accident April 29, 2001, has filed a civil lawsuit against Linn County. Kirk Price, 37, of Urbana, died the day after a rear wheel from a Linn County Conservation dump truck came off and struck his car. Initially, Price appeared uninjured from the accident, which triggered the air bags in his 1995 Honda. Price received first aid from the Palo Fire Department at the scene of the accident but refused to go to the hospital, Linn County Risk Manager Norm Popenhagen said at the time of the accident.

Shortly after the 10 a.m. aceident, Price was taken by ambulance from his mother's home to St. Luke's Hospital where he was found to be in critical condition. Price was airlifted to University Hospitals, where he died the next day of a brain aneurysm. Attorney Hugh Albrecht of Cedar Rapids said, "We believe there was a causal relationship between the accident and Mr.

Price's death." The driver of the dump truck was not named a defendant in the lawsuit filed recently in Linn County District Court. "No lawsuit has been filed against the manufacturer of the automobile at this time," said Albrecht of the Tom Riley Law Firm. He declined to say whether one could be expected. Popenhagen said the wheel came off the truck when one or more of the lug nuts failed. The driver of the truck was doing trail maintenance when the accident happened.

Linn County Attorney Harold Denton said Monday he had not yet seen the lawsuit and was unable to comment on it. Contact the writer: (319) 3988263 or. elizabeth.kutter@gazettecommunications.com Follow your favorite sports daily in The Gazette "I don't think he meant to hurt anybody he just wasn't thinking," said Iowa City Police Lt. Dan Sellers. "I spokewith him briefly, and they were planning to go play paint ball." Two other City High students with Knickrehm during the incident were questioned by police but were not charged.

City High Principal Mark Hanson said classes continued as usual because most people inside the the school were unaware of the incident. Hanson found out about it several minutes later when he was asked to speak with police outside, he said. fore we jump to any Hanson added. Superintendent Lane Plugge said the student will face disciplinary action but. would not specify those actions.

Plugge noted the paint ball gun is not considered a firearm under state or federal regulations and that in Tuesday's incident it was: not functional and not displayed in a threatening manner. Local news show slated for Fox in Eastern lowa By Rebecca Lindwall p.m. nightly newscast that The Gazette A 9 p.m. nightly news program that caters to Eastern Iowans will launch on the local Fox affiliate starting Oct. 28.

"Fox News at Nine" will air on (Fox. 28 and 40) from 9 to 9:35 p.m. and will serve viewers in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Dubuque and Iowa City. The program will be produced from the KGAN TV (Channel 2) studio in Cedar Rapids, and its anchor will be Tiffany O'Donnell, who anchors the 6 and 10 p.m. news on KGAN, a CBS affiliate.

The program will draw from news gathered by KGAN staff in Eastern Iowa as well as staff from the Fox-affiliate KDSMTV in Des Moines. KGAN already produces a 9 "There is no place for a paint gun or a toy gun anywhere on school. grounds regardless of the reasons," said Plugge, who said it was the first such incident. of the school year. serves KDSM.

The two Fox affiliates will share that newscast's state coverage but will have opportunities for separate regional or local coverage, said Joe Denk, general manager of KGAN and Fox 28 and 40. The 9 p.m. newscasts are based on an alliance between Second Generation Television, which owns and Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KGAN and KDSM. Both Fox affiliates can program 9 p.m. newscasts because prime-time programming on Fox ends at 9 p.m.

Fox audiences are generally younger than the audiences of other networks. Pacing on "Fox News at Nine" is designed with that in mind, Denk said. "It moves a little bit quicker," he said. Is Your Best Friend Home Alone? He doesn't have to be. DayCare for Dogs more) The Dog Zone Because dogs are just children with fur! 319-654-9DOG Cedar Rapids or 310-0485 November 4, 2002 (Monday) New Location 9255 Atlantic Drive SW 1-380 Airport Exit 13 Medicenter West has a new name Ahn Clinic Family Practice and Acupuncture Apple Pharmacy Same phone number 396-2000 Walk-ins Appointments Same Day Service Family Physicians Yang Ahn, MD Laura Rega, MD Nurse Practitioner Diane Norton, ARNP Physician Assistant Stephanie Vogeler, -C North Road 380 Johnson Howard Street Edgewood Citgo 6th Interstate Wright Brothers Blvd Ahn Drive Clinic Airport Atlantic South this general election, will be the featured guest.

He is scheduled to arrive about 5:15 p.m. For ticket information call (319)-362-9410. Campaign Almanac items on candidate activities may be mailed to The Gazette, P.O. Box 511, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406; faxed to (319) 398-5846; or e- mailed to.